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Typhoon Songda churns towards Tokyo by Filamerian Online Community on May 29, 2011TOKYO – Typhoon Songda churned northeast along Pacific coasts in southern Japan Sunday, bringing with it heavy rains and staying on course to hit Tokyo as it weakened, weather officials said. It was expected to be downgraded to a depression late Su...
3 killed, 8 injured in China chemical plant blast by Filamerian Online Community on May 29, 2011BEIJING – Authorities said a blast at a chemical plant in eastern China has killed three people and injured eight others. The government of Zibo city in Shandong province said in a statement Sunday that police were investigating the cause of the ex...
New cooling trouble at Japan nuclear plant by Filamerian Online Community on May 29, 2011TOKYO – Emergency workers on Sunday restored the cooling system of a reactor which had come to a halt after escaping major damage from the March 11 quake and damage at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. The water pump to cool the reactor a...
UN experts begin Malaysia rare earths visit by Filamerian Online Community on May 29, 2011KUALA LUMPUR – A team of UN atomic energy experts began a week-long visit to Malaysia on Sunday to review the safety of a proposed Australian rare earths refinery that has drawn protests. Following public concerns that radioactive waste from the pl...
Australia, Colombia smash international drug ring by Filamerian Online Community on May 28, 2011SYDNEY – Police in Australia, Colombia and Panama combined to smash a major drugs syndicate, arresting 14 people and seizing a large quantity of cocaine, they said on Sunday. In a joint operation, authorities found more than 50 kilograms (110 pound...
Malaysia ex-PM Mahathir leaves hospital by Filamerian Online Community on May 28, 2011KUALA LUMPUR – Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has left hospital after recovering from a chest infection, the national news agency Bernama reported. The 85-year-old long-time leader had undergone treatment including chest physiothe...
China to step up fight against plastic addiction by Filamerian Online Community on May 28, 2011BEIJING – China will expand a ban on free shopping bags, state media said, as it tries to further curb its addiction to plastic in a bid to rid the country of “white pollution” that clogs waterways, farms and fields. Bookstores and phar...
Japan PM could face no-confidence motion by Filamerian Online Community on May 28, 2011TOKYO – Japan’s center-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan, under fire for his handling of the response to the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, faces the threat of a no-confidence motion this week. Although Kan’s opponents h...
Midwives on motorbikes spread sex sense in Cambodia by Filamerian Online Community on May 28, 2011CHANLOUNG – Sitting in the shade of a large tree and surrounded by a group of women, Cambodian midwife Ly Siyan holds up a colourful poster displaying a range of contraception options. She patiently waits for the giggles to subside when she points...
More countries accepting gay lifestyle – study by Filamerian Online Community on May 28, 2011WASHINGTON – The vast majority of countries around the world have become more accepting of homosexuality, with the exception of Russia and other former socialist countries, a new study has found. The report, compiled by the National Opinion Researc...
